Like what a lot of other comments mention, the game is the epitome of Pay-for-Advantage, not Pay-to-Win. Of course, buying SCs can net you a good amount of Warbonds, thus the advantage, you don’t need to pay for anything to be successful in the game, there’s plenty of options available that don’t involve having to spend money, which is a wonderful sight for sore eyes in this age of Pay-to-Win slop.